CGTalk - Maori Head WIP

razilon

05-29-2006, 08:47 AM

Hi All,

This is my first head model. The anatomy is roughly based on images I found of Maori warriors with tattoo designs that I drew up myself. This was completely created in Cinema 4D. Let me know what you think. Be harsh if you feel the need.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~razilon/temp/warrior_darkSide.jpg

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~razilon/temp/warrior_lightSide.jpg

Quicktime VR:

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~razilon/temp/warrior_QTVR.mov

tobeythorn

05-29-2006, 02:56 PM

it looks pretty good, but for some reason, the tattoo looks like black paint on a pumpkin

razilon

05-29-2006, 03:50 PM

Yeah, I'm not completely happy with the skin texture. I made use of the chanlum shader within cinema4D, but wasn't sure how to get the best skin look out of it. Any specific suggestions?

JoeGonzalez

05-29-2006, 07:32 PM

I thought this head looked familiar!

I don't know much about the shader you're using, but the skin did strike me as a little bit orange. I'd try making it a bit more brown perhaps. The tattoo seems a bit off to me as well- it seems just a bit too "green." I quickly looked up some photos of maori tattoos, and it looks like they are sort of "lost" in the specular highlights of the face; that is, they attain the same level of whiteness when reflecting strong sources of light as the surrounding skin. This photo illustrates that... http://www.vacationaustralia.net/images/maori.1.jpg and this one does as well, somewhat- http://www.thesprings.co.nz/rotorua/maori.jpg

Looking good so far, man. That face has a lot of character to it.

Maytridy

05-29-2006, 07:42 PM

Looks great. My only problems are that under the eyes needs a little refining and the ears look too big.

jesuisankit

05-29-2006, 08:53 PM

The two sets of wrinkles forming below the eye dont seem to match the over age of the person... relax them a bit and give them more definition or remove them completely.. otherwise its a fine model.

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